Lake County Biographies
JAMES KENNEDY
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Was born in Goffstown, New Hamsphire, July 12, 1796. Here he resided on a farm
with his parents until 1823, when he, in company with three other men, built a
pail factory at New Boston. Just as this institution was proving a success it
took fire and burned to the ground. Mr. Kennedy then turned his attention to
milling, and was foreman in different grist-mills for about twenty-seven years.
Then, on account of failing health, caused from the dust, he changed his labors
to saw-mills, which he followed until 1849, when he sailed from Boston in the
bark �Chester,� and rounded Cape Horn, arriving at San Francisco, after a rough
passage of one hundred and ninety days, in April, 1850. Mr. Kennedy engaged at
once in mining, which he followed at different places until June, 1859, when he
came to Lake County and settled in Long Valley, where he has since resided. He
married, in June, 1823, Miss Phoebe Robie, who died in the spring of 1856 in New
Hampshire, leaving six children: Clarinda, Diantha, Roberta, Hiram, Almus and
Esther.
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, publ. 1881 � pg. 253